brečtan

See also: břečťan

Slovak

Alternative forms

• (dialectal) brešťan, breštan, brštan

Etymology

Of Slavic origin, the exact reconstruction is difficult because of the diversity of forms. Probably cognate with Latin fraxinus from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, adjective of *bʰerHǵós (“birch”). Another theory derives this word from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbret͡ʃtan]

Noun

brečtan m inan (related adjective brečtanový)

1. ivy

Declension

Declension of brečtan (pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	brečtan	brečtany
genitive	brečtana, brečtanu	brečtanov
dative	brečtanu	brečtanom
accusative	brečtan	brečtany
locative	brečtane	brečtanoch
instrumental	brečtanom	brečtanmi

Further reading

• “brečtan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024